MCCCD Program Description

Major: 5743N Catalog Year: 2024-2025 Effective Term: 2018 Fall Last Admit Term: 2024 Summer Award: CCL Total Credits: 15 CIP Code: 50.0907	Primary College: Initiating College: Mesa Community College Program Availability: Not Found Program Availability: College-Specific Program Availability: MC Field of Interest: Visual and Performing Arts Instructional Council: Music GPA: 2.0
SOC Code: 27-2042.02

Description: The Certificate of Completion (CCL) in Beginning Piano Pedagogy program is for pianists who want to teach beginning piano students. Classes offered include learning various methods, techniques, repertoire, skills, style and musicianship necessary to teach piano effectively.

Required Courses

+MTC105 Music Theory I 3
+MTC106 Aural Perception I 1
MUP102AD Private Instruction: Piano 2

+MUP123AA Studio Class/Piano (.5) 1
(Two (2) semesters of course is required)

+MUP140 Elementary Piano Pedagogy 2
+MUP152AD Private Instruction: Piano 2

MUP181 Chamber Music Ensembles (1) 2
(Two (2) semesters of course is required)

+MUP240 Piano Literature 2

Credits: 15

Restricted Electives
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General Electives
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Program Competencies
1. Apply music notation including pitch, meter, scales, key signatures, intervals, triads, time signatures, and rhythm. (MTC105) 2. Apply aural skills necessary to hear relationships of intervals, rhythms, melody, and harmony in music. (MTC106) 3. Analyze, develop and demonstrate techniques for first semester level private piano instruction emphasizing musicianship, literature and performance. (MUP102AD) 4. Analyze, practice and perform solo and ensemble piano pieces to enhance performance skills and techniques. (MUP123AA) 5. Analyze, compare, and evaluate beginning piano teaching techniques, methods, and repertoire. (MUP140) 6. Analyze, develop and demonstrate techniques for second semester level private piano instruction emphasizing musicianship, literature and performance. (MUP152AD) 7. Analyze, practice, develop and perform sight-reading skills, ensemble playing and accompanying. (MUP181) 8. Identify the important piano composers and their works and compare characteristics of the different musical eras in relation to piano repertoire studied in class. (MUP240)
+ indicates course has prerequisites and/or corequisites. ++ indicates that any suffixed course may be selected. MCCCD Governing Board Approval Date: June 16, 2015

All information published is subject to change without notice. Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of information presented, but based on the dynamic nature of the curricular process, course and program information is subject to change in order to reflect the most current information available.